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Research on immunization detailed by scientists at Research Center

Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 23rd, 2009

Data detailed in 'Accelerated induction of mycobacterial antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected lung by subcutaneous vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin' have been presented. "Both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells are important in protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. To evaluate the effect of vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) on the CD8(+) T-cell response to pulmonary M. tuberculosis infection, we analyzed the kinetics of CD8(+) T cells specific to the mycobacterial Mtb32a(309-318) epitope, which is shared by M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG, in the...

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